1600 dollars worth of wine...

This is what it looks like...


We have a frequent guest at the restaurant who is wealth and likes his wine. He always comes in and gets a tasting menu and brings a few bottles with him. Of course, they are always sick. He also seems to be pretty generous, as himself and his guests never finish the bottles and he gives the server the remaining 1/4 bottle or more. Usually the server shares it with everyone, as was the case this time.
The average retail I can find for the 1985 Mouton Rothschild is 382 dollars, a relative bargain when you look back a few years at the 1982 vintage and see it going for 1550. This was my favorite of the two. Deep garnet with flavors of dark ripe berries (cherry poss?), spices, tobacco, leather, and the unmistakeable touch of Brettanomyces! Rich silky mouth feel, and long, lingering finish.
The average retail I can find for the Coche Dury is 1220! Yikes. Well I only got a tiny sip of this one and it didn't taste very good. Maybe it had been open too long or too many people had drank out of the glass, but I didn't care for it.